HR supremos commit sin of short-termism

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In one of those exercises in irony that the gods occasionally send to amuse us, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, which watches over those fascinating people in human resources, has decided to sack about one in eight of its workforce the day after appointing a new “HR Capability Director” to assist its members in looking after their staff and not long after explaining that sacking people to save money is a bad idea.

About two weeks ago the CIPD put out a release explaining that redundancy offered short-term savings that were less attractive than the alternatives, such as